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famous in the history of the modern Turf than was his own nearly two hundred 

 years ago. 



In 1711 Mr. D'Arcy ran Nutmeg, Sir William Ramsden had Count Bcniin, and 

 Lord Carlisle's Mitstapha made his appearance. In 1712 Sir William St. Quintin's 

 Monkey, Mr. Darley's Whistle Jacket, Lord Lonsdale's Algicr, and Queen Anne's 

 Pepper were all running. Her Majesty's Mustard (by the Taffblct Barb) was entered 

 in 1713 with the Hon. William Cecil's Creeper, Mr. Metcalfe's Bullyrook by the Darlcy 

 Arabian, and other horses owned by Lord Falconberg and the Duke of Rutland. 



A famous racing family in the North was that of St. John Paulet, Marquis of 

 Winchester and Duke of Bolton. He was descended from that gallant Cavalier 

 who held Basing tor King Charles I., and whose second son Charles, sixth Marquis 

 and first Duke, won so heavily at Newmarket in 1670 with Tancnd. This first 

 Duke of Bui ton married Mary, daughter of Lord Scrope, from whose inheritance he 

 took the title, which lasted until 1794. Burton calls him "the riddle of the age," 

 for he was at once extravagant and avaricious, and affected to prefer hunting by 

 torchlight. His dinners usually lasted from six or seven in the evening of one day 

 until six on the morning of the next. His "madness" had more of method in it 

 than was apparent to 

 those of his contempor- 

 aries, for he handed on 

 the splendid income of 

 ,20,000 (of that money) 

 to his son, whom he 

 firmly established in the 

 favour of King William 

 and thus enabled to keep 

 up the famous stud of 

 thoroughbreds connected 

 with his name. 



Against such owners 

 as the Duke of Bolton 

 and others I have men- 

 tioned in the North the owners and breeders of the South were always perfectly 

 ready to make a match ; and from Mr. Pelham's stables at Brocklesby Park in Lincoln- 

 shire to Sir William Morgan's stud in South Wales, racing stock all over England 



By ptrmi*sion of H.R.H. Prince Chritlian. 



Lord Middletoifs " Whifenose." 

 By Spencer. 



